While designing hair and makeup for @longbeachplayhouse Dracula, I basically spent an entire weekend watching every film of the story I could find. Most of my inspiration was drawn from Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), particularly for Lucy’s makeup. I designed The Maid around 1920s Flapper Girl style, with a modern twist, to carry out the director’s vision for our production. Swipe 👈 to see final looks and sketches.
#throwbackthursday

Punk was formed in the late 1970s by youth which did not want to become part of established society. Punk fashion was based on aggressive make up, body alterations (piercings of all kinds), tattooing, and dark (usually pure black) clothes. I did this punk look today during class about #periodmakeup at @aofmakeup with the fabulous @christabeldraffin who by far is my favorite teacher at the academy. Learned a new way of #eyebrowblocking using good old fashioned soap. I chose #punk because I feel it is one of those looks ignored a lot during makeup lessons in addition to me loving the rebellious/edgy side to it all.

#janetmontgomery at @salemwgna season 2. Creepy. #periodmakeup#salemseason2 great project shot in Louisiana (shreveport). For this look we went with minimal makeup trying to emulate what makeup would look like at the time. Loved this show. It was intense work but so fulfilling and creative. My sweet key at the time was @melindaosgood and was as hard working as i was. With my teams support we pulled through a crazy winter in Shreveport. Mathew Mungle was our SFX department head and i could have not had a better partner in crime than him. #makeup#mariannaelias#mariannaeliasmakeup

Spent my evening transforming a children’s tiara into a tiara fit for Queen Victoria in preparation for my assessment on Friday. Removing the pink gems and using paint, crystals and decorative chain ☺️👑 Second and fourth pictures showing the old tiara, and a quick trial first version of the hair and makeup I’m hoping to achieve.
#cymoeddcreative#periodhair#periodmakeup#victorian#tiara

I was asked to create a look from the European Renaissance period, so I decided to practice creating an Elizabethan-based look with @LaurenAlexandraLewis modeling for me. The European Renaissance period lasted between the 14th and 17th centuries. There's a lot of debates about the significance of the period, though many cite it as a pivotal moment for the arts, educational reform, politics, and science. The Renaissance also saw some dangerous beauty trends, not all that different from the trends of Ancient Rome and Greece. Pale skin was the idealized look among the privileged, and people used a variety of methods to lighten their skin. Some women bled themselves to achieve a pale look, but probably the most deadly was the use of white makeup. These foundations contained white lead, mercury, and/or arsenic, which ate away at a person's skin and also poisoned the blood. People were well aware of the toxicity of these ingredients, but aesthetic won over personal health and common sense. People covered up their bumps and skin eruptions with more white makeup, which only made things worse until they were permanently disfigured and/or dead. Queen Elizabeth was a well known user of this white makeup, and created a look she dubbed "the mask of youth". This look consisted of a white face, plucked eyebrows, a large forehead, pink or red cheeks, and red lips. This present look was created using CC Beauty Professional Cosmetics Flash Color grease paints, Bloody Mary pressed wet or dry heat powder makeup in "White", @BHCosmetics "Glamorous" blush palette, @MACCosmetics Retro Matte lipstick in "Ruby Woo", @MyCarmex lip balm, @RimmelLondonUS Scandaleyes Retroglam mascara in "Extreme Black", @NYXCosmetics Professional Makeup Studio finishing powder in "Translucent Finish". #makeup#cosmetics#beauty#queenelizabeth#elizabethanmakeup#renaissance#queenelizabethmakeup#history#historical#historyofcosmetics#historicalmakeup#periodmakeup

1920s inspired makeup, a look created for an assesment 👌🏼 plum smokey eyes, rosey apples of the cheeks and a small dark lip...you dont get lips like this anymore but a fascinating look 💄@katerina.costa